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In little over two years I have had more scans Than a supermarket checkout There is more of my blood in path labs Than I have in my body I've had nasty painful biopsies Things up my **** and cameras down my neck There have been countless appointments At four different hospitals As well as being hospitalised five times Including one minor operation And two major ones I now have ******* up kidneys Veins like ropes and arms like Twiglets And more scars Than a bad knife-throwers assistant But what the hell ! I'm still growing old disgracefully HA !!                                By Phil Roberts
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Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016 at 4:41 AM UTC
GOD BLESS THE NHS
In little over two years I have had more scans Than a supermarket checkout There is more of my blood in path labs Than I have in my body I've had nasty painful biopsies Things up my **** and cameras down my neck There have been countless appointments At four different hospitals As well as being hospitalised five times Including one minor operation And two major ones I now have ******* up kidneys Veins like ropes and arms like Twiglets And more scars Than a bad knife-throwers assistant But what the hell ! I'm still growing old disgracefully HA !!                                By Phil Roberts
For those that don't know, the NHS is the British National Health Service which, thankfully, is still free and, without which, I would certainly be dead. Incidentally, this poem was written about a year ago and things have settled down a lot since.
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Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016 at 4:41 AM UTC
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